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Malengin [guile]

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On his back he carried a net “to catch fools.” Being attacked by Sir Artegal and his iron man, he turned himself first into a fox, then to a bush, then to a bird, then to a hedgehog, then to a snake; but Talus was a match for all his deceits, and killed him. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, v. 9.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Malbecco
Malbrouk or Marlbrough (Marlbro)
Malcolm
Maldine (French)
Male
Male Sapphires
Male suada Fames
Malebolge
Malecasta
Maleger [wretchedly thin]
Malengin [guile]
Malepardus
Malherbe’s Canons of French Poetry
Maliom
Malkin
Mall or Pall Mall (London)
Mall Supper (A)
Mallows
Malmesbury (William of)
Malmesbury Monastery
Malmsey Wine